Disparidade de renda e condições sociais: o Programa Bolsa Família e a distribuição de renda no nordeste, 2000 a 2010

Abstract

The present paper seeks to show a theoretical approach to social policies to fight poverty, in a more specific way focused on the Bolsa Família Program (PBF), currently the main Brazilian program to combat poverty in the country, if the PBF had Participation in reducing the level of income inequality estimated in the region through the use of income inequality indexes. The present income inequality in Brazil is easily observed wherever one can observe, over the years, with the ease of measurement and the great amount of studies on the subject, the need to find a solution to the problem has become even more More importantly, thus making public policy makers to consider the use of social policies to achieve the reduction of income inequality in the country. The paper uses a review of the literature on the subject and analysis of available data on the income transfer program, Bolsa Família and the per capita income of the Northeastern population. Thus, the direct transfer of income provided by social policies has a relevant participation in the process of reducing income inequality in the Northeast region under study.